(tiq)
A rigid wooden or metal case that houses the Torah scroll. The Torah remains inside when read.
Grafman, Rafi. Crowning Glory: Silver Torah Ornaments of the Jewish Museum, New York. Boston: David R. Godine Publisher, 1996, pp. 355-60.
Jacoby, Ruth. “Al-tisha tiqim le-sefer Torah mi-Persia” [On Nine Torah Cases from Persia.]” ABA: Journal for the Study of the Jews of Iran, Bukhara and Afghanistan, vol. 4, 2010, pp. 96-115.
Sabar, Shalom. “Beit Ha-Mikdash Ha-Nayiad: Tashmishei Kdusha Le-Sefer Ha-Torah Be-Beit Ha-Kneset [The Travelling Temple: The Torah Case and its Ornamentation].” Mikdash Me’at: Bate Keneset Mukarim ṿe-Nistarim bi-Yerushalayim: Shaʻare Hesed, Reḥavyah, Ḳiryat Shemuʼel, Ṭalbiyeh [Little Temple: Familiar and Hidden Synagogues in Jerusalem], edited by Reuven Gafni, Jerusalem: Yad Ben Zvi, 2004, pp. 195-201.
Yaniv, Bracha. The Torah Case: Its History and Design. Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press and Ben Zvi Institute, 1997.
Yaniv, Bracha. “The Story behind a Baghdadi Torah Case.” Windows on Jewish Worlds: Essays in Honor of William Gross, Collector of Judaica, ed. Shalom Sabar et al., Zutphen: Walburg Pers, 2019, pp. 287-99.
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